NewZNew (Chandigarh) : Giving a strong thrust to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Make in India initiative and coinciding with his visit to China, a Chinese delegation comprising around 50 Chinese Investment and Manufacturing companies, visited Omaxe Connaught Place, Greater Noida today. Omaxe will develop the leased 2 lakh sq. ft. as “Dragon Mart” for Chinese companies that will open and run retail outlets, offices, representative offices, exhibition centres and other such facilities.

A first-of-its-kind concept in India, Dragon Mart will be a hub of Chinese manufacturers and retailers exploring and selling their products on both B2B and B2C platform. It will also open avenues for India manufacturers and suppliers to access their products and services. This will also help bridge the growing distrust in Chinese products that face the challenge of quality, after-sales service and warranty. The setting up of Chinese units in India will give a big boost to employment in the country. The delegation also committed to invest around $1 billion in India in various sectors in the next 5 years.

Giant Centre is a part of Floret International Ventures Ltd. Floret is a leading international Trade Consultant and service provider company in the specialised market of China and India.

Omaxe Connaught Place, Greater Noida spread over 1.9 million sq. ft. is fast emerging as a preferred destination for business community. It is one of India’s largest indoor theme park based Shopping Mall with options for retail, offices and hotels. The Theme Zone “Oh!Max”, spread across 2 lakh sq. ft. is expected to draw large footfall. It has 24 star attractions which Include Land of Dinosaurs, The Secret Chambers of Taj, Jungle of Amazon, Chocolate Factory, Miniature world, The Unsinkable Titanic, Treasure of Boy King Tutankhamun, Transformers, ChotaBheem, Carousal, Toy Train to name a few. The company recently unveiled two attractions – Land of Dinosaurs and The Secret Chambers of Taj. OCP is located in the highly inhabited and planned Greater Noida that has immense growth potential. OCP is bound to pull.

in people from across NCR & in times to come it will become the first choice of Entertainment & Shopping for people living in 100 km radius.

50% Retail area has already been leased out to many national and international brands and by Diwali-2015, OCP will open its doors to public.

Other Major Announcements:

INOX has signed up to operate 5 screen multiplex. INOX along with Satyam Cineplexes Ltd. currently operates 96 multiplexes and 372 screens in 52 cities making it a truly pan-Indian multiplex chain.

Kwality Group has signed up in 25,000 sq. ft. to operate food court.

Easyday to operate hypermarket

Other vanilla brands include Madura, Arvind, SSIPL and many more

Mohit Goel, CEO, Omaxe limited said: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” initiative has generated huge excitement amongst foreign companies willing to tap the high-potential Indian market. Several companies have committed huge investment in India that will go on to generate employment and herald the country’s image as a manufacturing destination. We are very excited with this association and shall create a never-seen-before Dragon Mart for Chinese companies. We also expect the Indo-China trade to grow further and hope more Chinese companies invest in India in manufacturing sector.”

Currently FDI from China is insignificant ($888 million between April 2000 and Feb 2015) and India’s export to China stood at $ 12 billion while imports at $60.4 billion in 2014-15. The Prime Minister is on a three day visit to China starting Thursday where deals worth $10 billion are expected to be signed between the two countries. Last year, the Chinese President visited India and committed $20 billion over five year period.